Poor Knights.

This did not work: Til Schweiger Medieval slapstick "1 1 / 2 knight" could start to his weekend is not against the animation spectacle "Madagascar 2" to enforce. The Americans helped kinomüden Jim Carreys "Yes-Sager" to box-office success.
  Hamburg / Los Angeles - Not to beat this durchgeknallten animals from the animation factory of DreamWorks' Madagascar 2 'Til Schweiger was re-launched cinema slapstick "1 1 / 2 Knight at the weekend to keep a distance. The animal trick came loud comedy "Focus on Film" in its third weekend to 700,000 visitors and had the best third weekend in a movie this year. Total controls "Madagascar 2" on the four-million-visitor mark. The predecessor attracted since its launch 2005 6.7 million viewers and is thus the most successful-DreamWorks animated film in Germany.
"1 1 / 2 Knights - In Search of ravishing Herzelinde" came last Thursday, exactly one year after Til Schweiger successful "Keinohrhasen" in the cinema, 598 copies went to the starting line. "Keinohrhasen" ran in a hundred theaters less.
Has used it only once not much: Despite round occupation envelope through the German comedy, drama show and wanted to landscape the distributor Warner estimates that only around 350,000 viewers (with previews) the knights see parody film.
But the "Keinohrhasen" presented on the second weekend really happening, and not without reason that the rental once again the Christmas season as the starting date chosen. Despite this, "1 1 / 2 knight" on the third-best start of a German film in this year look, behind "The Wilden Kerle 5" and "The Baader Meinhof Complex".
Third place went to "Inkheart" with 200,000 viewers, followed by "The day the Earth stood still" with 170,000 visitors on the second weekend. Fourth place conquered the newly launched U.S. teen comedy "Wild Child" (75,000 spectators), fifth place went to the long-running James Bond with "A Quantum consolation." Also new in the top 20: the boot 'O' hoarding '(10,000 viewers in 44 cinemas) and "Lakeview Terrace" (7000 spectators in 48 cinemas).
Visitor numbers remained as stable as in the past three weeks. A total of around two million tickets resolved.
In the U.S. meanwhile is a certain fatigue is a cinema, as does the lack of a real winter blockbusters such as the displaced new Harry Potter film noticeable. How could "Yes Man" ( "The Yes-Sager") with Jim Carrey enforce the cinemas in 3434 only 18.2 million U.S. dollars followed it. Little, but enough for the top position this weekend.
Unfortunately for Will Smith, his box-office success ( "I Am Legend", "Hancock") must briefly interrupt: The tear-jerking drama "Seven Pounds" ( "seven lives"), in which he Rosario Dawson is to be seen , Sat on its launch weekend only to 16 million U.S. dollars, also ran but so far only in cinemas in 2758. It is Smith's second collaboration with the "Pursuit of Happiness" director Gabriele Mucchino.
Even third place went to restart: The animated film "The Tale of Despereaux" about a brave mouse sat 10.5 million U.S. dollars to (3104 copies), followed by "The day the Earth stood still," like expecting a sales minus by 67 percent over the weekend to start and had only 10.2 million U.S. dollars einspielte. The Weihnachtshit "Four Christmas" includes the top five with 8.4 million U.S. dollars from.
Total recorded the top films of the weekend box office with a minus of about 50 percent over the previous year.